Top Reasons to Attend:
•Discover how to cost-effectively run your fund’s back-office in this new Dodd-Frank era
•Network with your peers and learn how they’re dealing with today’s complex operational challenges
•Participate in investor-led roundtable discussions and get their perspectives on manager “must-haves”
•Get insight on how to effectively gear up for upcoming tax rules such as FATCA
•Learn how to effectively manage counterparty risk
•Receive valuable tips on effective, cost-efficient ways to safeguard your fund’s business operations
•Further understand how the role of corporate governance and the board of directors can impact the operations of your fund
•Prepare for the SEC’s enforcement actions and find out about their hot-button topics
•Develop new business relationships and reconnect with former colleagues
•Earn 13.5 CPE credits!

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Global gross domestic product (GDP) growth should accelerate somewhat in 2015 and 2016 from the pace of the last three years because of much lower oil prices, the avoidance of special drags on the world economy, and continuing easy monetary policies from global central banks, according to BNY Mellon Chief Economist Richard Hoey. Hoey (pictured) made the comments in his February outlook.
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55% of private equity firms surveyed by Preqin at the end of 2014 stated they would deploy greater levels of capital in 2015, although 39% suggested it is more difficult to find attractive investments. Preqin’s Christopher Elvin comments:
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Over half of infrastructure funds that closed in 2014 exceeded their fundraising target, up from 37% of funds in 2013. Andrew Moylan, Preqin’s Head of Real Assets Products, takes a look at infrastructure fundraising over the last 12 months:
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977 private equity funds held a final close throughout the year raising a total of USD486bn, higher than any annual amount between 2009 and 2012, and on track to match the 2013 total. Preqin’s Christopher Elvin (pictured) reviews a year of private equity fundraising:
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